Churn



S. G. DUGDALE.

Churn.

Patented July 15, 1851.

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sAML, G. DUGDALE, or RIcHMoND, INDIANA.

CHURN.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 8,219, dated July 15, 1851.

" To all whom Muay concern: Y

Be it known that I, SAMUEL G. DUGDALE,

` of the city ofRichmond, countyof Wayne,

and State of Indiana, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Churns; and I4 do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to theV annexed drawings, making a part fof this specification, in

n which Figure 1, isa` perspective view; Fig.

i I the lid; Figs; `3, 4 and 5, sections.`

A, B, C, D, Fig. l, is a watertight box, 16 inches long, nine inches wide, twelve inches deep.` E

a a; `are staples, fastened in eachend of the box, `threeinches from the bottom, and

parallel with it.` "ii b .b are dashes, seven inches long, six

`inches wide,ih`alf inchthick.` In each are any number ofholes,leaving a space of two and a half inches, without holes in the ends i attachedto the box.

c c, are hooks driven in the ends of the dashers, to correspond with the staples,a a,

. upon whichthey are hung, from` the under side. i

cl el, are staples fastened `inthe opposite ends of the dashers, upon the upper side and parallel with the sides of the box.

E, is a shaft, with a crank f, three inches long, having `agroove at, g, aroundwhich is bent an elastic wire, Fig. 5, of sufiicient strength, `and closed forming aneye3at Z. The oppositenends, eight inches from the eye, are bent at right angles with the staples, d CZ, into which they are hooked.` y i o 0" are collars on the shaft to prevent its slipping. i

Grooves are `cut in the edges of the box,in which the journals of the shaft work, and are kept downby the lid, Fig. 2.

n s, isla hole through the lid to admit the crank, f, coveredby a box, t.

The shaft is turned by a handle m, or by a pinion attached to a driving wheel.

. The `box may be made of any suitable size,

or form, having the other machinery to correspond. n

` Having now given a description of the construction of the churn, wherein I apply my improvement, I will proceed to show the nature of said improvement. It consistsin havinga spring wire, Fig. 5, connecting the crank, with the dashers, in such a manner that it will accommodate itself to the opening and closing of the sam'e, and having a tendency at the same time to draw upon the dashers, keeping the hooks up lirmly against the staples by which they are attached to the ends of the churn, thereby preventing them from being displaced bythe commotion of the cream. It will be noticed, also, that when the handle is raised perpendicular, the

crank to which the wire is attached will be.

l parallel to it, andthe ends of the wire attached to the dashers, will be extended, and as the handle is turned from you the springs act `upon the dashers tending to force them down, thereby facilitating the operation and allowing the operator to apply his `power to the best advantage.

What I claim as my invention and wish to `secure by Letters Patent, isf

The application of the spring wire, Fig. 5,

`which connects the crank with `the dashers,

in the manner, and, form, and for `the purpose,above set forth.

i SAMUEL G. DU'GDALE. Witnesses:`

ABNER NEWTON, JOHN SAILOR. 

